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Eleven years have passed since the attacks on the World Trade Center in the city of New York and on the Pentagon in Washington D.C. in the United States of America. On September 11, 2012, President Barack Obama began the commemoration of this date early in the morning in the South Lawn of the White House.

Many opinions on this subject have been expressed around the globe; in commemoration of an event which had global repercussions, the whole world has spoken out in cyberspace to remember the attacks. Mexico has been no exception.

Early on in the day, the President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto (@EPN) [es] expressed his solidarity with the neighbouring country using his Twitter account:

@Leon_Krauze: Eleven years ago, I had just finished a 7 class in the Tec. My friend Eduardo Higuera was the one who told me what had happened in New York.

Besides the many remembrances and displays of support for the victims, some users including Christopher Bello (@SoloQuotes) [es] took advantage of the occasion to look for a more critical angle on the subject:

Today, eleven years after the event, what happens when we arrive in the country of our northern neighbours, with our compatriots who cross the border in search of an opportunity, the airlines, what is happening in the Middle East?

This situation has led to a reaction which provokes the Americans to sacrifice their liberties and to begin the wars which today have had a significant impact on their economy. Today, eleven years after the attack in Manhattan, the Americans have allowed an invasion of their privacy and of the world, all under the slogan “it's for your security” or “to guarantee your freedom”. The list is long and runs from the treatment that one receives in the airports, where one cannot board the plane with baby milk or go to the toilet during the last twenty minutes of a flight. Travelling has become a long and unpleasant process which has become a sad space of suspicions, hostilities and abuses… All in the name of security.

The user Francisco MFernandez (@pacomariano) [es] described the American reaction following the attacks in these terms:

@pacomariano: Eleven years ago, the USA was attacked by zero Iraqis and zero Afghans. In response, it invaded both countries a few days later.

Without a doubt, the loss of human lives in catastrophic events is deeply saddening and the events which occurred in the United States of America exactly 4,018 days ago are no exception. It was a Tuesday which will remain written in history as a day of mourning for a nation, but with subsequent repercussions for the majority of the inhabitants of this planet.